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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: The TT isn't late!
Summary: Flame bait?  On c.s.a.st??  Nyaaah....
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Date: 29 May 90 14:17:00 GMT
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In article <1462.266237b4@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> kacovert@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:
>Cut Atari some slack about the TT!!!!
>
>Sure, the TT isn't out yet.  But neither is the Mac '030 line, really.  Sure,
>the machine's out.  But the OS isn't.  The OS that's running on the Mac's
>currently doesn't use any of the features of the 030.  The first OS that will
>take advantage of these features won't be released until this fall - about
>the same time the TT is going to be released.

What "features" are you referring to, aside from 32-bit addressing?  And I
trust you're not suggesting there's no advantage to running XYZ software on
a 16-40MHz '030 versus a vanilla 8-16MHz 68000?

>Sure the Amiga 3000 is out with an 030 and I believe they have a true 030 OS
>with it.  But I don't know of anywhere that the common user can buy one yet.
>They're just not available yet.

Shipping date for the A3000 is said to be July.  A3000 demo units are on
display now at your nearest Commodore dealer.  Based on past history,
especially recent past history, I tend to believe Commodore when they say
"available on X date".  More than I believe Atari, which has had the TT
"pending" for a couple of years now.  (Longer than that, if you count
the years when it was going to be an '020-based machine.)  In the meantime,
you're quite able to buy an A2000 or A2500 (68000-based) and an '020 or
'030 card, which are not hacks requiring you to unsolder this & cut that
& bend there, and which are available from Commodore themselves or 3rd
party vendors.

>So, my point is, when you get down to it, everyone's 030 machines are going
>to be coming out at approximately the same time.  Just give Atari a chance.

Clearly, here's a man who's suffering from early morning caffeine-deprivation
syndrome.  Are you also a Cubs fan, by any chance? :-)

Gee, must be getting close to summer again...
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